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Northern Europe

Sweden Is Sending ‘Robot 17’ Coastal Defense Missiles To Ukraine

The Robot 17 system will provide Ukraine with a survivable short-range coastal defense capability.

Artwork depicting the Darkstar stealthy hypersonic aircraft, a fictious design that Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works created for the movie Top Gun: Maverick.
Hollywood

Skunk Works On How They Brought Top Gun: Maverick’s Darkstar To Life

Skunk Works says Darkstar isn't necessarily real, but that the capabilities depicted are not necessarily "mere fiction."

Afghan Mi-17 painted as Ukrainian
Mi8/Mi-17

Ex-Afghan Air Force Mi-17 Helicopters Are Now Flying For Ukraine

Some of the 20 Mi-17 helicopters the U.S. has promised Ukraine could have already seen action on daring resupply missions into Mariupol.

Pictures reportedly showing an array of drones on the deck of the Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong.
China

Chinese Aircraft Carrier Seen With A Fleet Of Drones On Its Deck

Imagery shows the Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong working as a deployment platform for vertical takeoff and landing drones.

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NGAD

Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance ‘Fighter’ Program Enters New Stage

The goal now is to turn the Next Generation Air Dominance program into a real capability by the end of the decade.

MQ1C Gray Eagle Ukraine
Ukraine

U.S. Plans To Sell Ukraine Armed MQ-1C Gray Eagle Drones: Report

MQ-1C gives Ukraine a major leap in capability over its TB-2 drones for missions like electronic warfare support, strike, and surveillance.

Germany chooses CH-47 Chinook.
Germany

Germany Picks Chinook Over King Stallion For New Heavy-Lift Helicopter

Choosing Chinook aligns Germany's heavy lift capabilities with eight other NATO nations.

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Germany

Germany To Give IRIS-T Air Defense System To Ukraine

Chancellor Olaf Scholz has officially promised to deliver Germany's highly advanced IRIS-T SLM air defense system to Ukraine.

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Russia

Estonian-Russian Citizen Tried To Smuggle Commercial Drones To The Russian Army

The attempted cross-border delivery could indicate dwindling Russian stockpiles of low-end drones as sanctions strangle supply chains.

Soldiers seen moving on a tank and vehicles in the outskirts of the Lysychansk, close to Severodonetsk. Lysychansk is a city on the high right bank of the Donets River in the Luhansk region.
NATO

Ukraine Situation Report: Battle Over Critical Eastern City Becomes Brutal Street Fight (Updated)

Russian forces are pressing their advantage in the east, while Ukrainian forces are counterattacking in the south.

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Russia

Ukraine To Get Guided Rockets, But Not Ones Able To Reach Far Into Russia (Updated)

Guided rockets could help blunt Russia's offensive in eastern Ukraine, but the U.S. is wary of helping Ukraine strike Russian soil.

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Russia

Russian Ka-52 Attack Helicopter’s Ludicrous Stunt Nearly Ends In Disaster

The Ka-52 gave onlookers at an Eastern Ukrainian reservoir a very up-close and personal show that nearly ended in calamity.

The Freedom-class littoral combat ship USS Sioux City (LCS 11), homeported at Naval Station Mayport, Jacksonville, Fla., arrives at the Marathi NATO Pier Complex in Souda Bay, Greece, to undergo scheduled preventative maintenance in May 2022..
U.S. Navy

Navy Finally Sends Littoral Combat Ship To Middle East

The Navy wants to retire USS Sioux City and other LCSs like it despite the deployment that comes 14 years after the type entered service.

Public Zaporozhye
Russia

Ukrainian Fighters With WWI Guns Channel 16th-Century Ancestors

Territorial Forces adopt a fierce historical style while using whatever they can to stop the Russia, including a pint-sized Soviet-era 4X4.

Ukraine Situation Report: Southern Counterattack Against Russian Forces Underway
NATO

Ukraine Situation Report: Southern Counterattack Against Russian Forces Underway

Amongst the combat on multiple fronts, Ukraine claims that one of its MiG-29s shot down a Russian Su-35.

LCS Sold To South America
U.S. Navy

Navy Chief Wants To Sell-Off Doomed Littoral Combat Ships To Allies

The Freedom class's limited combat utility, high running costs, and design problems could deter potential buyers of the second-hand ships.

Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week
Bunker Talk

Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week

'Where everyone knows your screen name... and they're always glad you came...'

Ukrainian servicemen wave as they move with an armored vehicle toward the frontline at a checkpoint near the city of Lysychansk in the eastern Ukranian region of Donbas, on May 23, 2022, amid Russian invasion of Ukraine.
NATO

Ukraine Situation Report: Russian Forces Advance In Key Eastern Cities

Ukrainian forces are fighting against encirclement to prevent invading units from seizing half of the eastern Donbas region.

Taiwan’s Coast Guard Tests Its Ability To Turn Cutters Into Ship Killers
China

Taiwan’s Coast Guard Tests Its Ability To Turn Cutters Into Ship Killers

In what could be a very useful capability if an invasion kicked-off, the Taiwanese Coast Guard conducted live-fire drills with anti-ship missiles.

Christening of the first Orca test asset at Huntington Beach, California, on April 28, 2022. The vehicle was christened by Dorothy Engelhardt, Director, Unmanned Systems, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Ships).
U.S. Navy

Navy’s 85-Foot Orca Unmanned Submarine Will Be A Minelayer First

The first Boeing-built Orca unmanned submarine will begin testing this summer and its first mission will be laying sea mines.